United Kingdom Another mystery Image from the UK dated 1967 ?

Bristol?

 

Wall doesn’t look right for Bristol.
Flamingo land?

 

I have 3 other images and will upload another this afternoon which shows more of the enclosure . I had seen many of the polar bear exhibits in the UK in my school days, the only exceptions being Flamingo Park and Thorney Wildlife Park. The only conclusion I can draw being the "spiked wall," which would be a hint to the Circus family behind Thorney, but I don 't know if this is true ?

 

This is a image from Flamingo Park June 1970, so the wall of the spartanisch enclosure is very different !

 

Maybe Thorney then

 

Doesnt look like Thorney to me...
I don't remember spikes on any of their enclosures.
There is video footage of the Thorney enclosure on the East Anglian Film Archive.
I posted this on the Zoo History link on here last year.
I think that it has been re-posted recently, somewhere...

 

Watching the video of Thorney you posted, the enclosure doesn't look like the one in this photo. So far, Bristol, Thorney and Flamingoland appear to be ruled out and it isn't London or Whipsnade, doesn't look like Dudley either. Chessington or Belle Vue maybe?

 

Thanks for your reply. I will upload another photo, I have photos from Chessington and Belle Vue and I don't think either are similiar . The slide is dated October 1967. Polar Bears away from the "big" city zoos of the day where certainly not a common occurence?

 

This is a photo from Chessington Zoo from 1984

 

The above photo is Chessington

 

On this website there are some images of polar bears at Chessington going back to the 1940s. None look like candidates.

CHESSINGTON ZOO IN OLD POSTCARDS & PHOTOS | POSTCARDS 1 B/W

 

Another Chessington Zoo image from 1969 ?

 

Agreed - it isn't that Chessington enclosure

 

What about Coventry?